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Literacy PK-3

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Learner Background

Adverse Experiences
Hearing
Home Literacy Environment
Physical Fitness
Primary Language
Safety
Sleep
Social Supports
Socioeconomic Status
Vision

Social and Emotional Learning

Emotion
Motivation
Self-Regulation
Sense of Belonging
Social Awareness & Relationship Skills
Stereotype Threat

Cognition

Attention
Auditory Processing
Cognitive Flexibility
Inhibition
Long-term Memory
Sensory Integration
Short-term Memory
Speed of Processing
Visual Processing
Working Memory

Literacy

Alphabet Knowledge
Background Knowledge
Decoding
Foundational Writing Skills
Handwriting Skills
Morphological Awareness
Narrative Skills
Phonological Awareness
Print Awareness
Sight Recognition
Syntax
Verbal Reasoning
Vocabulary

Strategies (115)

Accessible Syntax

Teachers can support language development by using and providing syntax that is appropriately leveled (e.g.

Building Empathy

Developing empathy in educators and in learners is an iterative process that requires taking the time to understand and honor others' perspectives.

Building Trusting Relationships

Building positive and trusting relationships with learners allows them to feel safe; a sense of belonging; and that their academic, cognitive, and social and emotional needs are supported.

Check-ins

Checking in with learners, or taking the time to talk with individual learners about their experiences or goals, is important for fostering a positive classroom environment.

Developing Your Cultural Awareness

Developing cultural awareness as an educator is an ongoing process that includes building empathy for the full diversity of students, intentionally recognizing how one's own identity intersects with students' identities, and creating an awareness of how the learning environment can impact students' Sense of Belonging.

Dim or Natural Lighting

Dim or natural lighting provides a calming environment.

Discussing Emotions

Teaching students how to label, identify, and manage emotions helps them learn self-regulation skills.

Encourage Student Self-advocacy

Actively and authentically encouraging all students to seek support, ask questions, and advocate for what they believe in creates a safe space for risk-taking and skill development and supports a Sense of Belonging.

Equitable Grading

Equitable grading systems and practices reimagine how to assess and communicate student progress through various methods that reduce subjectivity and increase opportunities to learn.

Foster Growth Mindset

Teachers can help students understand that learning involves effort, mistakes, and reflection by teaching them about their malleable brain and modeling their own learning process.

Goal Setting & Monitoring

Setting overall goals, as well as smaller goals as steps to reaching them, encourages consistent, achievable progress and helps students feel confident in their skills and abilities.

Growth Mindset Feedback

Providing feedback that focuses on the process of developing skills conveys the importance of effort and motivates students to persist when learning.

Learning Strategy & Tool "Fair"

To promote acceptance of learning diversity, students explore learning tools and strategies to see how they work and why they and others might use them.

Mnemonic Device

A mnemonic device is a creative way to support memory for new information using connections to current knowledge, for example by creating visuals, acronyms, or rhymes.

Mobility & Flexibility

Multiple tables and chairs on wheels allow for setting up the classroom to support the desired learning outcomes of each classroom activity.

Positive Self-talk

When students reframe negative thoughts and tell themselves kind self-statements, they practice positive self-talk.

Respectful Redirection

Respectful redirection, or error correction, outlines a clear and concise way that educators can provide feedback on behaviors that need immediate correction, in a positive manner.

Sensory Stimulation

Incorporating multiple senses with strategies like chewing gum, using a vibrating pen, and sitting on a ball chair supports focus and Attention.

Shadowing a student

Shadowing a student involves an educator, administrator, or designated adult observing a learner across different parts of their day to deepen their understanding of that learner's experience beyond their classroom.

Student-led Conferences

Student-led conferences are meetings between students, parents, and teachers where the student actively leads the conversation by reflecting on their progress toward goals and sharing examples of their work.

Temperature

Providing ways for students to meet their individual temperature needs supports focus and Self-Regulation.

Uncluttered Environment

Spaces that are structured, organized, and clean provide increased room for collaboration and active learning.

Literacy PK-3

Early language experiences lay the foundation for reading and writing.

Literacy development is rooted in children’s early language experiences, nurtured by their Home Literacy Environment.

Building students’ Vocabulary and Background Knowledge is key to supporting comprehension of both fiction and non-fiction texts and writing development.

Students develop the building blocks for reading and writing.

Children use their Alphabet Knowledge and Phonological Awareness to start Decoding—the ability to sound out words.

Reading fluency—students’ ability to read quickly, accurately, and expressively—develops along with their Sight Recognition and confidence.

  • Daily reviews and classroom activities such as word sorts can help students recognize patterns and become independent readers.

Supporting cognitive abilities can enhance learning.

Students’ Working Memory and Verbal Reasoning support their reading comprehension and writing by helping them make inferences and connections.

Young students may also need support in sustaining their Attention for learning.

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Literacy PK-3

Early language experiences lay the foundation for reading and writing.

Literacy development is rooted in children’s early language experiences, nurtured by their Home Literacy Environment.

Building students’ Vocabulary and Background Knowledge is key to supporting comprehension of both fiction and non-fiction texts and writing development.

Students develop the building blocks for reading and writing.

Children use their Alphabet Knowledge and Phonological Awareness to start Decoding—the ability to sound out words.

Reading fluency—students’ ability to read quickly, accurately, and expressively—develops along with their Sight Recognition and confidence.

  • Daily reviews and classroom activities such as word sorts can help students recognize patterns and become independent readers.

Supporting cognitive abilities can enhance learning.

Students’ Working Memory and Verbal Reasoning support their reading comprehension and writing by helping them make inferences and connections.

Young students may also need support in sustaining their Attention for learning.